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Jessica Helfand was born on 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., is an American artist and writer. Discover Jessica Helfand's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?

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Occupation Designer, educator, author
Age 64 years old
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Born 1960
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Birthplace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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1960

Jessica Helfand (born 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a designer, author, and educator.

She is a former contributing editor and columnist for Print, Eye and Communications Arts magazine, and founding editor of the website Design Observer.

1978

Jessica Helfand is a 1978 high school graduate of George School in Newtown, Pennsylvania.

1982

She received both her BA in 1982 in Graphic Design and Architectural Theory and her MFA in 1989 in Graphic Design from Yale University.

Following her graduation in 1982, she briefly wrote soap operas for Procter & Gamble, and eventually became junior scriptwriter on CBS’s Guiding Light.

1989

After completing her MFA in 1989, she was appointed Design Director for the Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine.

For more than twenty years she taught at Yale University, where she was Senior Critic in Graphic Design, the Artist in Residence at the Yale Institute for Network Science, and a lecturer in Yale College, where she taught the freshman seminars "Studies in Visual Biography" and "Blue".

She has been visiting professor at Wesleyan University and Paris College of Art, and with Andrew Howard and Hamish Muir is a co-founder of the summer editorial course in Porto, Portugal.

1994

She is Senior Critic at Yale School of Art since 1994, a lecturer in Yale College, and Artist-in-Residence at Yale’s Institute for Network Science.

1997

Helfand and her late partner William Drenttel founded Winterhouse Studio in 1997.

1998

Helfand has written for many national publications, including the Los Angeles Times Book Review, Aperture, and The New Republic. She is the author of numerous books on design and cultural criticism, including Paul Rand: American Modernist (1998), Screen: Essays on Graphic Design, New Media and Visual Culture (2001) and Reinventing the Wheel (2002), which formed the basis for an exhibit in 2004 at the Grolier Club in New York City.

2003

In 2003, along with Michael Bierut and Rick Poynor, they launched the Design Observer blog and website.

Helfand and Bierut are co-hosts of the podcast Observatory, which is hosted by Design Observer.

2006

Helfand was appointed by the Postmaster General to the U.S. Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee in 2006, where she chaired the Design Subcommittee until 2012.

2008

Her critically acclaimed Scrapbooks: An American History (Yale University Press, 2008) was named "the best of this year’s gift books" by The New York Times.

2010

Named the first Henry Wolf Resident in design at the American Academy in Rome in 2010, she is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale and the Art Director’s Hall of Fame.

She is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame and with William Drenttel, held the first Henry Wolf Residency in Design at the American Academy in Rome in 2010.

2013

In 2013, she won the AIGA medal.

Helfand and Drenttel were each honored with AIGA medal in 2013.

2014

Jessica Helfand discussed her course 'Blue' in an April 2014 interview with Yale News.

The idea for the class arose when the Assistant Dean proposed a course exploring varied interpretations of a single subject, leading Helfand to choose 'blue.' The course delves into the etymology of 'blue' and its multifaceted usage, spanning from 'blue blood' to 'blue collar.' Helfand explores the pervasive presence of blue in literature, perfumery, and culture, aiming to unravel the divergent perceptions of this color based on cultural backgrounds.

Her curiosity extends to blue artifacts, from images to teapots, highlighting how they evoke surprise.

The exploration of 'blue' serves as a conduit to comprehend diverse narratives and interpretations associated with this singular hue.

12. “Jessica Helfand Talks Blue: Uwire.” College Press Releases and University Wire Service, www.uwire.com/2014/01/24/jessica-helfand-talks-blue/.

Accessed 16 Dec. 2023.

2016

And in 2016, launched a second podcast, The Design of Business | The Business of Design, which spawned an annual conference by the same name.

Design: The Invention of Desire, was published in 2016 by Yale University Press.

2018

Culture is Not Always Popular, a fifteen-year anthology of Design Observer, was co-edited by Michael Bierut and Jarrett Fuller, and was published by MIT Press in 2018.

A 2018 Director’s Guest at Civitella Ranieri and a 2019 fellow at the Bogliasco Foundation, Jessica Helfand is the winter 2020 Artist in Residence at the California Institute of Technology.

Helfand is the daughter of collector William H. Helfand.

2019

In 2019, she was appointed as a visiting professor at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK.

Fortune Senior Editor Ellen McGirt took over as the show's new cohost in the fall of 2019.

Helfand's most recent book—Face: A Visual Odysseywas published in 2019 by MIT Press.